No apparent progress has been made in contract discussions with Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper.

With only two practices remaining before the Cowboys break camp in Southern California and head to Hawaii for a preseason game, Jerry Jones was asked if he found the club's inability to gain any traction in these negotiations disappointing.

"No, not really," the owner said after Tuesday's practice. "Not at all.

"Zeke has the ability to completely hit the ground running, if I may use that. He has that, and we expect that. He says, and I believe him, that he's in great shape.

"I don't think that will be an issue when he does come back."

Executive vice president Stephen Jones has stated that the Cowboys have extended contract offers to Elliott, Cooper and Prescott that make all of them among the five highest-paid players at their positions. None have accepted.

"My focus is on our team, not where any of these players contracts are relative to another player," Jones said. "I'm not dealing in the market. I'm dealing with how to fit this team together.''

While Elliott is the only holdout, the focus has shifted to Prescott in recent days. There was a belief heading into camp that the quarterback would be the first to sign a new deal.

Jones said the lack of a new deal hasn't impacted Prescott's performance in this camp.

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"It's not an issue," Jones said. "His contract, as to playing, the frame of mind of what we are going to be doing this year. It's not an issue at all. It has no bearing.

"As I see it, it's something that is more about the future."

Jones conceded it's in the team's best interest to get at least one of these contracts resolved heading into the season. Since Elliott is the holdout, he takes priority.

When Pro Bowl guard Zack Martin was in discussions with the Cowboys, he and his representative made it clear they would no longer negotiate once the regular season was underway. Jones said no one in the Elliott, Cooper or Prescott camps has made a similar declaration.

Jones stressed again that he's not alarmed by where the Cowboys stand on the contract front. He maintains all of this will be forgotten if one or more of the players have signed new deals by the season opener.

"I don't know of any fan, or anybody, that's worried about practice or preseason," Jones said. "The issue is, and the only bit of leverage, is can it go into the regular season?"

That is the issue.

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